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Aaron 🏗️🚲🌲🏀 @aceckhouse.bsky.social

over 90% of French electricity comes from carbon free sources

graph of French energy mix for electric generation, dominated by nuclear power at 64% Hydro at 11.6%, wind at 9.8%, nat gas at 5.7%
aug 13, 2025, 4:24 am • 7 0

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com

Which they are able to do because they have significantly fewer energy use than US. If they increased energy demand 5 times in 10 years it will mostly be fossil fuel plants

aug 13, 2025, 4:28 am • 0 0 • view
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hoffsbeefs.bsky.social @hoffsbeefs.bsky.social

France can easily meet their AC load with marginal solar and battery additions and heat pumps which will help decarbonize winter heating too

aug 13, 2025, 4:30 am • 5 0 • view